Association of tetralogy of Fallot and complete atrioventricular canal : a single-centre 40-year experience

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OBJECTIVES: Outcome data in tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) and complete atrioventricular canal (CAVC) are limited. We report our experience for over 40 years in this patient population.

METHODS: Single-centre, retrospective analysis of patients who underwent surgical repair with the diagnosis of ToF-CAVC from 1979 to 2022, divided into 2 different periods and compared.

RESULTS: A total of 116 patients were included: 1979-2007 (n = 61) and 2008-2021 (n = 55). Balanced CAVC (80%) and Rastelli type C CAVC (81%) were most common. Patients in the later era were younger (4 vs 14 months, P < 0.001), fewer had trisomy 21 (60% vs 80%, P = 0.019) and fewer had prior palliative prior procedures (31% vs 43%, P < 0.001). In the earlier era, single-patch technique was more common (62% vs 16%, P < 0.001), and in recent era, double-patch technique was more common (84% vs 33%, P < 0.001). In the earlier era, right ventricular outflow tract was most commonly reconstructed with transannular patch (51%), while in more recent era, valve-sparing repairs were more common (69%) (P < 0.001). In-hospital mortality was 4.3%. The median follow-up was 217 and 74 months for the first and second eras. Survival for earlier and later eras at 2-, 5- and 10-year follow-up was (85.1%, 81.5%, 79.6% vs 94.2%, 94.2%, 94.2% respectively, log-rank test P = 0.03).

CONCLUSIONS: The surgical approach to ToF-CAVC has evolved over time. More recently, patients tended to receive primary repair at younger ages and had fewer palliative procedures. Improved surgical techniques allowing for earlier and complete repair have shown a decrease in mortality, more valve-sparing procedures without an increase in total reoperations. Presented at the 37th EACTS Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

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European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery - 65(2024), 2 vom: 01. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fernandez-Cisneros, Alejandro [VerfasserIn]
Staffa, Steven J [VerfasserIn]
Emani, Sitaram M [VerfasserIn]
Chávez, Mariana [VerfasserIn]
Friedman, Kevin G [VerfasserIn]
Hoganson, David M [VerfasserIn]
Kaza, Aditya K [VerfasserIn]
Del Nido, Pedro J [VerfasserIn]
Baird, Christopher W [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cardiac surgery
Complete atrioventricular canal
Journal Article
Outcomes
Tetralogy of Fallot

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Date Completed 23.02.2024

Date Revised 23.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ejcts/ezae037

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36799822X